Thursday, February 8, 2018

Pentagon exonerates Marines blackballed by war-crimes case. They doubt the gesture is sincere. By Andrew deGrandpre

Pentagon exonerates Marines blackballed by war-crimes case. They doubt the gesture is sincere. By Andrew deGrandpre
Excerpt: A North Carolina congressman says the Marine Corps is “publicly exonerating” several military veterans it wrongly accused of committing war crimes more than a decade ago in Afghanistan, but those blackballed by the ordeal remain skeptical of the Pentagon’s sincerity. The Marine Corps does not intend to reexamine the case, according to a letter from the Pentagon released Wednesday by Rep. Walter B. Jones (R-N.C.), although top leaders have signaled their intent to provide counseling and other assistance to the 30 men who say they’ve suffered personally and professionally as a result of the military’s effort to prosecute and imprison them. “We are concerned to hear of the challenges many members of Fox Company are facing — which are, unfortunately, all too common among our combat veterans,” says the letter to Jones from Maj. Gen. Frederick M. Padilla, who serves as staff director for the Marine Corps commandant, Gen. Robert B. Neller. (Sad it took so damn long. --Del)

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